Pennise tumglaucum (L.) R. Br.is an annual. Culms are robust and tall. It is densely pubescent at nodes and below inflorescence. Leaf sheaths are loose and smooth; both surfaces and margins of the leaves are scabrous. Inflorescence is linear to broadly elliptic, dense, and enclosing 1–9 spikelets. Bristles are usually shorter than spikelets1.

Occurances:

P. glaucumis cultivated from Sahel region to the eastern and southern Africa,and India. It is grown in sub-humid, semi-arid tropics,and subtropics of the world, sometimes extending into temperate zones.

Ethnomedicinal Uses in Skin Diseases:

Wound

Pennise tumglaucum (L.) R. Br. (Pearl millet) leaves are boiled in some water boil. These leaves are then used as bandage and tied on wound in District Nawabshah (Sindh).